No-take areas as an effective tool to restore urchin barrens on subtropical rocky reefs

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-215

  Sangil, Carlos ^a,b   Clemente, Sabrina ^b   Martín García, Laura ^a,b   Hernández, José Carlos ^b  

^a Reserva Mundial de la Biosfera La Palma ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Diadema aff. antillarum; Fish predators; Lobophora variegata; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; ECHINODERM; GROWTH RATE; OVERFISHING; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTECTED AREA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAWEED; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

CANARY ISLANDS; LA PALMA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN;

DIADEMA; ECHINOIDEA; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA;

EID: 84866896348     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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